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.A.3ST     ACT  . 

to  incorporate  the  flre  oohpahy  of  t.h2  cltv  cf  coluxbus,  to  be 

know;,-  bs  the  name  and  style  of  t;:e  '•  Ooloxscs  Fike  Company, 

No.  1  ■' 

Section  1.  Be  it  :n  vied  by  the  Senate  and  House  of  Rgprtt  nttHeet 
of  the  State  rf  Oeorgia  in  General  Aitemtiljf  met,  That  Henry  T. 
Hall.  Frederick  A.  Cairn-,  George  H.  Peabody,  William  S.  Chip- 
ley,  Richard  T.  Brice.  James  A.  Bradford,  Francis  Wright,  John 
Arnold,  James  Greenwood,  Anders  Andersen.. James  H.  Bi-hop, 
Daniel  Sparks,  William  Snow,  David  Wright.  John  G  Strapper, 
Robert  H.  Green,  Moses  Simmons,  and  their  associates  and 
successors,  be,  and  the  same  are  hereby  incorporated  and 
made  a  body  politic,  by  the  name  and  style  of  the  -<  Columbus 
Fire  Compant.  No.  1,"  and  shall  have  power  under  their  corpo- 
rate name  to  sue  and  be  sued,  plead  and  be  impleaded  in  any 
Court  of  Law  and  Equity  in  the  State;  and  to  .have,  exercise 
and  enjoy  all  the  powers  herein  granted  Dot  repugnant  to  the 
Constitution  of  the  Confederate  States,  and  of  this  State. 

Sec.  2.  Be.  it  further  enaeb  i  by  the  authori'y  aforesaid,  That  said 
Company  shall  have  full  power  to  make,  establish  and  ordain 
all  such  rules,  by-laws  and  ordinances  for  their  own  govern- 
ment, as  to  them  may  seem  necessary  and  expedient;  and  the 
said  Company  shall  have  power  and  be  capable  of  receiving 
and  holding,  by  purchase,  gifi.  grant,  or  otherwise,  all  such 
lands  and  tenements,  or  other  real  or  personal  property  as  may 
be  necessary  and  convenient  for  the  more  effective  discharge 
of  the  duties  of  said  Company. 

Sec  3.  And  for  the  encouragement  of  sail  Company— Be  it 
further  enacted  by  the  authority  aforesaid.  That  the  members  of 
said  Company  are  hereby  declared  to  be  exempt  from  all  ser- 
vices and  performance  of  any  militia  and  patrol  duty,  and  from 
the  payment  of  poll  tax  :  Provided,  that  said  Company  shall  not 


*  CONSTITUTION  AND  BY-LAWS. 

exceed  in  number  at  any  one  time,  seventy-five  members  :  and 
that  all  laws  and  parts  of  laws  militating  against  this  act,  be, 
and  the  same  are  hereby  repealed. 

CHARLES  J.  JENKINS. 
Speaker  of  the  House  of  Representatives. 
CHARLES  DOUGHERTY, 

President  of  the  Senate. 
Assented  to,  28th  December,  1843. 

GEORGE  W.  CRAWFORD.  Governor. 


jpLm  ACT 

TO  AMEND  AN  ACT  EKT1TLED  "AN  ACT  TO   INCORPORATE   THE   Fi'llE   COM- 
PANY of  the  City  op  Columbus,  to  be  known  by  the  name  and 

STYLE  OF  THE  '  COLT'MBUS  FlRE  COMPANY,  No.  1,'  "   ASSENTED   TO   DE- 
CEMBER twenty-eighth,  one  thousand  eight  hundked  and  ror.TY- 

THREE. 

Sec.  1.  lie  it  enacted  by  the  SaiaU  and  House,  of  L'qn-escnlaliues 
vf  the  State  of  Georgia  in  General  Assembly  met,  and  it  is  hereby  en- 
acted by  the  authority  of  the  same,  That  the  act  entitled  "An  act  to 
incorporate  the  Fire  Company  of  the  City  of  Columbus,  to  be 
known  by  the  name  and  style  of  the  'Columbus  Fire  Company, 
No.  I,' '"  be,  and  the  same  is  hereby  declared  to  be  valid  and  op- 
erative, and  that  in  addition  to  the  privileges  and  exemptions 
granted  and  allowed  to  the  said  Company  by  virtue  of  said  Act, 
the  members  of  the  same  are  hereby  declared  to  be  exempt 
from  the  performance  of  Jury  duty,  in  all  cases  whatsoever. 

Sec.  2.  And  be  it  further  enacted,  That  all  laws  and  parts  of 
laws  militating  against  this  Act,  be,  and  the  same  are  hereby 
repealed.  CHARLES  J.  JENKINS, 

Speaker  of  the  House  of  Representatives. 
ABSALOM  H.  CHAPPELL, 
President  ef  the  Senate. 
A^entcd  to,  !»ecember  10th,  1S45. 

GEORGE  W.  CRAWFORD.  Governor 


CONSTITUTION 


COLOURS  FIRE  COMPANY,  NO.  1. 


PRKAMBLK. 
We.  \\  hoso  names  are  hereunto  subscribed,  impressed  with  a 
sense  of  the  necessity  of  our  efforts  to  prevent  calamities  by 
fire,  and  that  the  most  effectual  means  of  doing  this  is  by  uni- 
ting in  Companies  to  maintain  a  suitable  apparatus  for  that 
purpose— under  this  consideration  and  with  the  above  object 
in  view,  we  being  associated  in  a  body,  under  the  name  of  the 
"  Columbus  Fire  Company.  No.l,"  do  voluntarily  bind  ourselves 
to  observe  the  rules  and  regula:ions  prescribed  by  the  Consti- 
tution and  By-Laws,  to  wit: 

ARTICLE  I. 

The  object  of  this  Company  shall  be  the  extinguishment  of 
fires. 

ARTICLE  II. 

The  Company  shall  consist  of  not  exceeding  seventy-five 
white  members. 

ARTICLE  III. 

The  Company  shall  provide  and  maintain  in  good  order  an 
engine,  with  such  quantity  of  hose  as  may  be  deemed  neces- 
sary. Also  hooks  and  ladders,  with  suitable  apparatus  for  their 
use,  and  a  quantity  of  powder,  for  the  purpose  of  blowing  up 
buildings  when  necessary. 


6  CONSTITUTION  AND  BY-LAWS. 

ARTICLE  IV. 
The.  officers  of  the  Company  shall  consist  of  a  President,  Fore- 
man, First  and  Second  Assistant  Foreman,  Secretary,  Treas- 
urer,and  Committee  on  Accounts;  all  of  whom  shall  be  elected 
annually  by  ballot,  at  the  slated  meeting  in  January.  The  Pres- 
ident, Foreman  and  First  Assistant  Foreman  shall  represent 
the  Company  in  the  Board  of  Control  of  the  Fire  Bebartment. 
In  case  of  death,  resignation,  or  refusal  to  accept,  the  Company 
shall,  at  its  next  regular  meeting  thereafter,  elect  a  succ-essor 
to  either  of  the  above  officers. 

ARTICLE  V. 
There  shall  be  a  Board  of  Directors,  consisting  of  four  mem- 
bers, who  shall  be  t-sAxen  in  regular  rotation  from  the  roll  at  the 
stated  meetings  in  January,  April,  July  and  October,  and  who 
shall  serve  for  three  months. 

ARTICLE  VI. 
Stated  meetings  of  the  Company  shall  be  held  monthly,  and 
special  meetings  at  such  times  and  in  such  manner  as  the  By- 
Laws  may  direct.  Ten  members  shall  constitute  a  quorum, 
and  a  majority  of  those  present  shall  govern,  except  in  any 
alteration  of  the  By-Laws,  or  the  election  or  expulsion  of  a 
member,  when  a  concurrence  of  two-thirds  of  the  members 
present  shall  be  required. 

ARTICLE  VII. 
Elections  for  members  shall  be  by  ballot.     Five  black   balls 
shall  be  considered  as  deciding  against  the  candidate  for  ad- 
mission. 

ARTICLE  VIII. 
Each  member  shall  be  liable  for  such  fines  as  the  By-Laws 
shall  prescribe,  and  no  resignation  of  any  member  shall  be 
aecepfed  until  all  dues  to  the  Company  are  settled. 

ARTICLE  IX. 
Spirituous  liquors   shall  not  be  admitted  into  tin?    Engine 
House  or  Company  Room  on  any  occasion. 


CONSTITUTION  AND  BT-LAW5. 


ARTICLE  X. 


Any  constitutional  motion  made  by  a  member  and  seconded, 
shall  be  repeated  by  the  President ;  which  may  then,  and  not 
otherwise,  become  the  subject  of  discussion. 

ARTICLE  XL 
No  candidate  for  membership  shall  be  elected,  nor  any  resig- 
nation be  offered  or  accepted,  but  at  a  stated  meeting. 

ARTICLE  XII. 
The  uniform  of  the  Company  shall  consist  of  a  red  flannel 
jacket  and  black  leather  belt,  a  round  top  black  glazed  hat, 
with  a  front  piece,  all  of  uniform  appearance,  as  the  badge  of 
the  Company,  with  the  initials  of  the  name  and  Xo.  of  the 
Company  marked  on  the  front  of  the  hat. 

ARTICLE  XIII. 
Xo  alterations,  additions  or  amendments  to  the  Constitution 
can  be  proposed  or  enacted,  except  the  same  be  presented  in 
writing,  at  a  stated  meeting,  which  must  lie  on  the  table  for 
one  month. 

ARTICLE  XIV. 
The  meetings  of  this  Company  shall  be  governed  by  parlia- 
mentary usage. 


BY-LAWS, 


LAW  I. 

OF   THE   PRESIDENT. 

Section  1.  The  President  shall  preside  at  the  meetings  of  the 
Company,  maintain  order  during  the  transaction  of  business, 
and  put  motions  to  vote  when  seconded. 

Sec.  2.  He  shall  from  time  to  time  examine  into  the  state  of 


h'  CONSTITUTION  AND  BT  JAWS'. 

the  apparatus  and  other  property  of  the  Company,  and  report 
the  situation  thereof  at  each  semi-annual  meeting. 

Sec.  3.  He  shall  at  the  written  request  of  five  members,  call 
a  special  meeting  of  the  Company.  He  shall  require  of  those 
at  whose  request  the  call  is  made,  a  written  statement  of  their 
reasons,  which  shall  be  made  at  the  opening  of  the  meet- 
ing. 

Sec.  4.  He  shall  have  power  to  fine  any  member  during  a 
meeting  for  disorderly  behavior,  in  a  sum  not  exceeding  one 
dollar  for  the  first  offence  and  two  dollars  for  the  second. 

Sec.  5.  He  shall  not  be  entitled  to  vote  on  any  motion  or 
question,  except  in  case  of  a  tie,  and  then  his  vote  shall  decide. 

Sec.  6.  He  shall  not  personally  make  any  motion  or  second 
one  that  is  made  ;  and  if  he  shall  feel  disposed  to  speak  on  any 
subject  he  shall  first  call  some  other  member  to  the  chair  until 
the  subject  is  disposed  of. 

Sec.  7.  In  case  of  the  absence  of  the  Secretary,  he  shall  ap- 
point a  Secretary  to  serve  for  the  occasion,  and  shall  appoint 
tellers  or  clerks  at  elections. 

Sec.  8.  He  shall  be  exempt  from  all  fines  for  absence  from 
fires  and  drills. 

Sec.  9.  He  shall  be  fined  for  absenee  at  roll  call  for  meetings 
twenty-five  cents,  for  absence  from  a  meeting  fifty  cents,  and 
for  neglecting  or  refusing  to  perform  any  duty  assigned  him 
one  dollar. 

LAW  II. 

OF  THE  FOREMAN. 

Sec.  1.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Foreman  to  preside  at  the 
meetings  of  the  Company  in  the  absense  of  the  Presi- 
dent, and  in  the  absence  of  both  the  President  and  Fore- 
man, then  the  Assistant  Foreman,  or  such  member  as  the 
meeting  may  call  to  the  chair. 

Sec.  2.  The  Foreman  shall  have  power  to  call  out  the  Com- 
pany for  drill  once  a  month. 

Sec.  3.  He  shall  have  the  entire  control  and  supervision  of 
the  Company  at  all  times  when  in  service,  but  under  the  direc- 


cosraimnioH  asd  by-uwb.  u 

tion  of  the  Chief  or  other  acting  Engineer  at  fires  and  annual 
inspections. 

Sec  4.  It  shall  be  hi*  duty,  in  case  any  part  of  the  engine  or 
apparatus  is  lost  or  injured,  to  use  all  diligent  means  to  have 
the  same  immediately  repaired  or  replaced. 

Sec.  5.  He  shall  see  that  all  the  members  promptly  and  faith- 
fully perform  all  the  duties  required. 

Sec.  6.  He  shall  be  authorized  to  draw  his  warrant  on  the 
Treasurer  for  such  sums  as  may  be  needed  for  immediate  re- 
pairs to  the  engine  or  apparatus,  and  such  warrant  or  warrants 
shall  be  presented  by  the  Treasurer  to  the  Company  at  the 
meeting  next  ensuing,  and  if  not  approved  by  the  Company, 
shall  be  charged  to  Ihe  Foreman. 

Sec  7.  He  shall  be  fined  for  absence  from  roll  call  twenty-five 
cents,  for  absence  from  meeting  and  drill  three  dollars,  and 
absence  from  tires  two  dollars. 

LAW  III. 

OF   THF.    ASSISTANT    FOREMEN. 

Sec  1.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Assistant  Foremen  to  aid 
andassistthe  Foreman  in  the  performance  of  his  various  duties. 

Sec  2.  In  the  al  f  snee  of  the  Foreman,  the  duties  of  that 
office  shall  devolve,  upon  the  First  Assistant  Foreman,  and  in 
absence  of  the  Fore. nan  and  First  Assistant  Foreman  the  du- 
ties of  the  Foreman  shall  devolve  on  the  Second  Assistant 
Foreman. 

Sec.  3.  In  the  absence  of  the  Foreman,  the  acting  Foreman 
shall  have  and  exercise  all  the  powers  of  the  Foreman. 

LAW  IV. 

OF    THE   SECRETARY. 

Sec  1.  The  Secretary  shall  have  the  care  and  custody  of  all 
the  books  and  documents  belonging  to  the  Company,  and  keep 
a  fair  and  true  record  of  all  its  transactions. 

Sec  2.  His  books  shall  be  free  for  the  inspection  of  the  mem- 
bers at  all  stated  and  special  meetings. 

Sec  3.  He  shall  call  the  roll  at  all  times  tint  the  Company 
may  be  called  together,  noting  the  absentees,  keep  a  correct 


10  CONSTITUTION  AND  BYLAWS. 

account  of  the  fines  incurred,  notify  members  of  their  election, 
and  furnish  new  members  with  a  copy  of  these  By-Laws. 

Sec.  4.  He  shall  notify  the  members  of  all  special  meetings  of 
the  Company  when  directed  by  the  President,  in  which  case 
the  members  shall  be  notified  in  the  public  papers,  provided  it 
can  be  done  free  of  charge. 

Sec.  5.  He  shall  once  in  three  months  at  least,  make  a  state- 
ment of  all  fines  and  assessments  due  the  Company  by  each 
member,  and  collect  the  same  as  far  as  practicable,  and  pay 
the  amount  over  to  the  Treasurer,  less  ten  per  cent,  for  his 
commission,  taking  the  Treasurer's  receipt  for  the  same. 

Sec.  6.  He  shall  also  keep  a  roll  of  the  members  in  some  con- 
spicuous place  in  the  Engine  House. 

Sec.  7.  He  shall  once  in  three  months  notify  each  member  of 
his  indebtedness  to  the  Company,  and  request  him  to  settle  the 
same,  and  upon  his  neglecting  so  to  settle  in  one  month  there- 
after, he  shall  report  such  delinquent  to  the  Company. 

Sec.  S.  He  shall  be  exempt  from  the  payment  of  monthly 
dues,  and  in  his  absence  the  Secretary  pro  tern,  shall  make  a  re 
turn  of  the  proceedings  had,  to  the  Secretary  within  ten  days. 

Sec.  9.  When  unable  to  attend  a  meeting  of  the  Company,  he 
shall  Cause  all  the  necessary  books  and  papers  to  be  carried 
there. 

Sec.  10.  On  retiring  from  office  he  shall  deliver  up  all  books 
and  papers,  monies  and  all  property  in  his  possession  belong- 
ing to  the  Company,'to  his  successor  in  offiee,  or  to  a  committee 
appointed  to  receive  the  same,  within  ten  days  after  receiving 
notice  thereof. 

Sec.  11.  He  shall  be  fined  for  absence  from  i  oil  call  twenty- 
five  cents;  for  absence  from  a  Company  meeting  two  dollars; 
for  neglecting  to  send  the  necessary  books  and  papers  to  a 
meeting  one  dollar;  and  for  neglecting  or  refusing  to  perform 
any  other  duty  incumbent  on  him  one  dollar. 

LAW  V. 

OF   THE   TREASURER. 

Sec.  1.  The  treasurer  shall,  before   entering  on  the  duties 


ooffsrmmoN  and  by-laws.  11 

of  his  office,g?ve  such  Becurity  as  the  Company  Bhall  deem  sat- 
isfactory. 

Sec.  2.  It  shall  be  his  doty  to  collect  from  the  Secretary  all 
moneys  belonging  to  the  Company;  to  keep  a  correct  account 
of  moneys  received  and  paid  by  him,  in  a  book  provided  for 
that  purpose. 

.  He  shall  have  his  accounts  ready  at  all  times  for  in- 
spection, and  shall  produce  a  statement  of  his  accounts  at  the 
stated  meetings  iu  January,  April.  July  and  October,  and  oftener 
if  required. 

Sko.4   He  shall  deliver  up  all  1  »  andall 

property  in  his  a  belonging  to  the  Company,  to  his 

successor  in  office,  or  to  a  committee  appointed  to  receive  the 
same,  within  ten  daj  -  after  receiving  notice  thereof. 

Sec.  .3.  For  neglecting  or  refusing  to  perform  any  of  the  du- 
ties incumbent  on  him.  he  shall  he  fined  one  dollar. 

LAW  Y;\ 
OF  TH..  OOKTS. 

'  Tne  Committee  on  Accounts  shall  meet  on  th>>  Mon- 
day evening  previous  to  each  - r • , t - •  1  meeting  and  examine  all 
the  bills  I  against  the  Company. 

Sec.  2.  No  lull  shall  he  acted  upon  by  the  Company  until  after 
it  has  been  passed  by  tne  Committee  on  Accounts,  and  is en- 
■ 

LAW  VIL 

::   Dir.BCTOBS. 

shall  have  charge  of  the  engine  and 
apparatus,  and  the  room  appropriated  for  is  reception;  have 

the  same  repaired  when  necessary  at  the  expense  of  the  Com- 
pany; but  no  alteration  shall  be  made  by  them  unless  instruct- 
ed by  the  Company. 

:.  They  shall  report  She  condition  of  the  engine  and  ap- 
paratus at  every  Stated  meeting  of  Hi  I  attend 
to  the  cleaning  of  the  engine  and  apparatus,  and  see  that  it  is 
kept  in  order;  the)  sea',;                      •     •                          -  once  a 


12  CONSTITUTION  AND  BY-LAWS. 

month,  and  shall  have  the  hose  dubbed  or  greased  as  often  as 
necessary,  at  least  once  in  every  year.  They  shall  keep  four 
torches  trimmed  and  in  order  for  burning. 

Sec.  3.  They  shall  not  have  any  hose  which  is  in  order  off  the 
reel  after  sun  set. 

Sec.  4.  Each  Director  shall  be  fined  for  not  keeping  the  en- 
gine, hose  and  apparatus  in  proper  order,  and  for  neglecting 
any  other  duty  imposed  upon  them  one  dollar. 
LAW  VIII. 

OF   MEMBERS. 

Sec.  1.  The  election  of  a  member  shall  not  be  considered  as 
complete  until  he  has  signed  the  Constitution  and  By-Laws  of 
the  Companj',  and  paid  the  sum  of  two  dollars  and  fifty  cents 
as  an  initiation  fee. 

Sec.  2  Every  member  shall  within  one  month  after  his  elec- 
tion equip  himself  as  prescribed  by  the  Constitution.    (Art.  II.) 

Sec.  3.  Every  member  shall  pay  into  the  Treasury  twenty 
cents  each  month. 

Sec.  4.  If  any  member  elect  shall  fail  to  attend  the  two  stated 
meetings  next  ensuing  his  election  without  a  reasonable  ex- 
cuse, his  name  shall  be.  stricken  from  the  roll. 

Sec.  5.  Any  member  leaving  the  room  while  the  meeting  is 
sitting,  without  permission  from  the  President,  shall  be  fined 
as  hereinafter  specified. 

Sec.  6.  On  an  alarm  of  fire  each  member  shall  repair  imme- 
diately to  the  Engine  House,  and  assist  in  the  removal  and  con- 
veyance of  the  engine  and  apparatus  to  the  fire,  where  each 
member  shall  take  such  station  as  the  Foreman  may  order. 

Sec.  7.  After  a  fire  shall  have  been  so  far  extinguished  that 
the  Chief,  or  whoever  may  be  in  command,  shall  deem  the 
services  of  the  Company  no  longer  necessary,  all  the  members 
present  shall  then  assist  in  taking  up  the  hose,  and  in  regular 
order  shall  return  with  the  engine  and  apparatus  to  the  Engine 
House,  when  after  the  roll  shall  have  Ik  en  called,  the  members 
may  depart:  and  for  a  failure  to  perform  any  of  the  duties 
prescribed  in  sections  six  and  seven,  shall  be  lined  as  herein- 
after specified. 


CONSTITUTION-  AND  EY-I.'  "  3. 

Sec.  8.  Any  member  who   shall   attend  a  drill  unequipped, 
without  a  reasonable  excuse,  shall  be  fined  as  hereinaf) 
cified. 

Sec.  9.  Any  member  failing  to  pay  his  fines  and  dues  within 
one  month  after  being  notified  by  the  Secretary,  shall  be  ex- 
pelled. 

Sec.  10.  Anymember  who  maj  intoxicated,  or  oth- 

erwise behave  in  any  'manner  at  a  fire  or  a  meeting 

of  the  Company,  or  whilst  wearing  the  badge  of  the  Company, 
forthe  I  mall  be  fined  as  hereinafter  specified,  and 

for  the  second  be  expelled. 

■  the  duty  c>?  every  member  to  report  to 
the  President  or  Foreman  the  name  of  any  member  who  vio- 
lates the  Constitution,  or  ■!  bhatmigb 
on  the  Company,  and  '■:  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  P 
Foreman  to  repor                    to  the  Company. 

protect 
I  apparatus  from  injury. 

>mber  shall  have  the  right  fre< 

of  a  candidate  f<>r  admission,  and  any  mem- 
ber who  shall  communicate  out  of  the  Company  any  objection 
made  to  a  candidate,  or  divulge  the  name  of  any  member  so 
shall  be  expelled. 
14  In  case  the  Company  shall  be  called  out  to  attend  the 
funeral  of  a  deceased  member,  they  shall  meet  at  the  Engine 
House;  and  thence  march  to  the  house  of  said  de 
ber,  and  after  funeral  and  burial  services  are  over,  return  in 
like  regular  order  to  the  Engine  House,  where  after  roll  call, 
they  shall  be  dismi 
Sec.  15.  Iso  member  shall  leave  (he  engine  or  apparal 

•  drill,  without  permission  from  the  Foreman  or 
acting  Foreman. 

Sec  1G.   Any  application  for  membership  to  this  Company 
rhust  be  made  in  writing,  and  signed   by  two   member.-,   as 
vouchers. 
Sac.  1 "    "■  •  shall  be  received  for  absence  from  meet- 

or  funerals,  except  sickness  or  :•    - 


14  CONSTITUTION   AND   BT'LAWS, 

from  the  city,  except  in  ease  of  not  heaving  an  alarm  of  fire, 
which  shall  be  considered  an  excuse. 

Sec.  18.  Any  member  supposing  himself  unjustly  fined  for  a 
breach  of  the  rules,  may  appeal  to  the  Company,  whose  de- 
cision shall  be  final. 

Sec.  19.  Any  person  having  resigned  his  membership,  and 
wishing  to  be  re-admitted  into  the  Company,  shall  be  proposed 
in  the  same  manner  as  if  he  had  never  been  a  member. 

Sec.  20.  The  following  fines  are  established  by  these  By-Laws : 

For  absence  from  roll  call $    10 

For  absence  during  meeting  and  drill 2  00 

For  absence  from  special  or  called  meetings 50 

For  leaving  the  room  without  permission 50 

For  violation  of  sections  six  and  seven 2  00 

For  violation  of  section  eight 25 

For  violation  of  sections  ten.  (first  offence) 3  00 

For  absence  from  a  funeral 1  0C 

For  disobedience  of  orders  during  fires  or  drills 5  00 

For  lending  or  using  any  of  the  Company's  property,  except 

at  fires  or  drills 5  00 

For  absence  from  a  fire 1  00 

LAW  IX. 

MEETINGS. 

Sec.  1.  Stated  Meetings  of  the  Company  shall  be  held  on  the 
first  Tuesday  evening  of  every  month,  as  follows,  viz :  January, 
(election)  7  o  clock  ;  February,  7  o'clock ;  March,  7%  o'clock ; 
April,  VA  o'clock;  May,  8  o'clock;  June,  8  o'clock;  July,  8 
o'clock;  August,  8  o'clock;  September,  7^2  o'clock;  October, 
1x/l  o'clock  ;  November,  7%  o'clock ;  December,  7  o'clock. 

Sec.  2.  When  a  quorum  of  the  members  are  present  at  the 
time  appointed  for  the  meeting,  or  within  fifteen  minutes 
thereafter,  the  presiding  officer  shall  take  the  chair,  and  call 
the  meeting  to  order,  when  each  member  shall  take  his  seat 
and  sit  uncovered.  The  business  shall  proceed  in  the  follow- 
ing order: 


CO3I8TIT0TI0H   AND   BY-LAWS.  15 

1.  Roll  Call. 

2.  Minutes  of  the  preceding  meeting  read. 

3.  Report  of  Directors  read. 

4.  Reports  of  Committees  read. 
o.  Deferred  Basinet  9. 

6.  Election  of  new  members. 

7.  New  Business. 

8.  Collection  of  fines  and  dues. 

9.  Drill. 

10.  Roll  (all. 

Sec.  3.  In  case  of  a  quorum  not  being  present  within  half  an 
hour  after  the  appointed  time,  of  meeting,  those  present  hav- 
ing noted  the  absentees,  may  adjourn 

Bsc.  i.  A  member  wishing  lo  speak  on  any  subject  before  the 
meeting,  shall  rise  and  address  the  presiding  officer;  nor  shall 
he  be  interrupted  except  by  a  call  to  order. 

Sec.  5  No  member  shall  be  allow.-.]  to  speak  more  than  twice 
on  the  same  subj< 

Sec.  6.  No  personal  reflections  or  animadversions  shall  be 
allowco.  and  no  member  shall  vote  on  questions  respecting 
his  own  conduct. 

Sec.  t.  The  veas  and  nays  on  anj  question  shall  be  inserted 
on  the  Minute.-  at  the  request  of  t'.v  ■  mend  are. 

Sec.  s  The  Report-  of  all  Committees  must  be  in  writing, 
and  no  verbal  reports  shall  be  accepted. 

Sec.  9  Notifications  for  drills  shall  be  published  in  the  city 
papers,  (provided  it  can  be  done  free  of  expense  to  the  Com- 
pany) which  shall  de  deemed  sufficient,  without  individual  no- 
tice by  the  Secretary. 


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co institution  and  by-laws. 


OPFICBR 


CHARLES  WISE.  President. 

JAMES  D.  JOHNSON,  Foreman. 

R.  It.  GOETCHIUS,  1st  A ss't  Foreman. 

F.  LANDON,  2d  Ass't  Foreman. 
W.  II.  BRANNON.  Secretary. 
JAMES  D.  JOHNSON,  Treasurer. 


MBMBBES: 


R.  H.  GREENE, 
W.  J.  McALISTER, 

J.  H.  MULFORD, 

D.  MULFORD, 

J.  L.  MORTON, 

J.  H.  MERRY, 

J.  S.  ARNOLD, 

W.  B.  LANGDON, 

N.  N  CURTIS, 

J.  M.  ESTES, 

GEO.  HUNGERFORD. 

0.  DAN  FORTH, 
W.  A.  DOUGLASS, 
C.  C.  KLINK, 

J.  M.  GREENE, 
J.  G.  BURRUS. 

1.  I.  MOSES, 
GEO.  REN  F  ROE, 
GEO.  S.  MORTON. 
J.  JOSEPH, 

P.  SULLIVAN. 


J.  BAUMBUSH, 

MIKE  FREIDENBERG, 
G.  C.  WILDING, 
S.  H.  SEIGLE, 

E.  M.  CLARKE, 
P.  II.  HARTMAN, 
JOHN  KELLER, 
JUL.  BRANDS, 

A.  VELATI, 
W.  L.  SHERMAN, 
JOHN  PORTMAN, 
S.  ROTHCHILD, 
PATRICK  L.  BARRY, 
ABB  FREIDENBERG, 
L.  MAY, 

GEORGE  HALL, 
JOS.  H.  SMITH, 
WM.  H.  GR IS  WOLD, 

F.  W.  ACEE, 
L.  HARRIS, 


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